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mizi5620

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Rehearsals on preview days
« on: Jan 09, 2020, 04:01 pm »
We are on an SPT 4 contract I am unclear if previews count as rehearsals or performances

I know that on one performance days you can schedule a 5 hour rehearsal if there is a 2 hour break before curtain but is that rule true for a preview or could I schedule a rehearsal to go from 5-10 with a preview at 7:30 as long as I give the actors a half hour?

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Re: Rehearsals on preview days
« Reply #1 on: Jan 09, 2020, 10:24 pm »
If tickets are sold it is a performance, regardless of if it is called a "preview". 

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Re: Rehearsals on preview days
« Reply #2 on: Jan 13, 2020, 02:09 am »
Correct. If there is audience, esp paying audience, it is a performance.

And yes, you can have rehearsals on preview days as long as you stay within your span of day, span of week, and include your 1-1/2 hrs before half hour for each performance.